Bernard steinmetz



UNITED STATES NI rENTl OFFICE.

BERNARD STEINMETZ, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

LOCK FOR SATCHELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,207, dated August 1,1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD S'rEiNMETz, of the city of Paris, in theEmpire ot' France, have invented a new and Improved Slnring- Lock forSatchels, Carpet-Bags,&c.; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure I represents a frame for a satchel,

with the spring-lock in section. Fig. II is an outside viewof the lockand ot'partofthe fra me. Fig. III shows a section ot' the frame open,taken near the lock.

Similar letters represent similar parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Arepresents one part of the jaw-fratrie,to which the lock C is attached, and B is the other part of said frame,bent in any desired form, and jointed together at their lower ends at aa in the usual manner.

In the lock-case a lever, D, is arranged, turning on a fixed center, n,fast in said casing, and acted upon by a spring, w, so as to pljess saidlever downward. A projection, c, is attached to this lever D, passingthrough theml frame A, and sufficiently long to pass through thestapleh,attached to theinsideot'theframeB. On the outside ofthe casingsome projecting part or tigure, Ilan eagle, as represented in thedrawingsis arranged, and att-ached to this lever D by means of a bolt orpin passing through a suitable slot, 2, in the side of the casing, bywhich arrangement the lever D can be forced upward against the action ofthe spring fw, so as to bring the projection c clear of the staple h,for the purpose of opening the frame A B, and consequently the bag orsatchel. The lower end ot' the projection c, on the side next to theframe B or to the staple h, is made slanting, so as to allow the stapleh to force said lever D upwarthwheu pressed .fgaist said projection c,when the satchel requires to he shut or closed, until thestaple haspassed the projection, when the action of the spring w will again forcesaid lever D downward and t into the opening in the staple, and therebykeep the satchel, Src., closed.

Near the end ot' lever D a tumbling-bolt, fv, is arranged, turning on axed center, and acted upon by a spring, s, This bolt 'u is operated by`lne-ans ot' a key inserted through the keyhole x in such a manner as tobring one of its projections, 3over the end of the lever D, and in whichposition the action of the spring s will hohl the same, thereby lockingthe lever D, and consequently the bag or satchel, until the action ofthe key removes again this projection on the tumbling-holt from the endof said lever, and thereby unlocks the same. f N is a small ornamentedknob or projection attached to the trame B, to be taken hold of when thebag or satchel requires to be pulled open.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement ofaspring'leveD, in coinbination with a tumbling-bolt,fu, acted upon by a spring, s, and operated by means of a key. whencombined with the jaw-trames ot'a carpet-bag, Satchel, &c., andoperating in the manner and for the purpose substantially as describedand set forth.

BERNARD S'IJEINMETZ. Witnesses: EDWARD TUoK,

U. S. Vice-Consul. B. GoNGY.

